Former Newcastle United forward Hatem Ben Arfa is set to play in the French fourth division after being exiled from Paris Saint-Germain’s first-team squad.

The 30-year-old secured his dream move to the French capital last summer on a free transfer from Nice but has found himself struggling for gametime under Unai Emery.

Jean-Jacques Bertrand claims Ben Arfa has been frozen out even since he made a “simple joke” about PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi earlier this year.

Ben Arfa has yet to feature for PSG first team this season and, following the mega-money arrivals of both Neymar and Kylian Mbappe this summer, has been pushed even further down the pecking order at the Parc des Princes.

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As a result, the ex-Newcastle winger is set to feature for PSG’s reserve side in the Championnat National 2 - the fourth tier of French football - something which his agent claims will make him “the Neymar of the CFA”.

That despite Ben Arfa having attempted to engineer a move away this summer, with former club Nice reportedly among the clubs who were chasing his signature.

“He’ll be the Neymar of the CFA - in any case, I hope he will be,” Bertand told RMC.